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What is 150,000,000 km in scientific notation?

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The following number in scientific notation would be 1.50 X 10 ^8.

This measurement in km is recorded to 3 significant figures.
User Soheil Jadidian
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Answer:

1.5 x 10^8

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculating scientific notation for a positive integer is easy, as it always follows this representation:

a x 10^b

Follow the steps underneath to see how 150,000,000 is written in scientific notation.

Step 1

Take the number and move a decimal place to the right one position.

Starting Number: 150,000,000

New Number: 1.50000000

Step 2

Now, to find b, count how many places to the right of the decimal.

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